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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Office of Shared Accountability presented their review schedule to the BOE recently.  Selection criteria for the magnets and accelerated math are scheduled for review in the Spring.  MCPS won't be making any changes like going back to using CogAT until after that, if they do at all.[/quote]

And these bad decisions are why The Office of Shared Accountability needs to be replaced.

By not using a Nationally-normed, race-neutral exam, I feel MCPS is basically admitting 'bias' or 'discrimination' since MCPS chose not to focus on better teaching, but instead handicaps kids that are smarter and better prepared to succeed.  Until MCPS comes clean regarding all details of it's selections (which is hidden under the veil of "child privacy"), we will never know.  For all we know, there's someone making up names on a spreadsheet behind the curtain?  There's only one thing that is certain, though - MCPS is not choosing the best of the best children for the program.[/quote]

Disagree by using an exam that favors those who can afford CogAT prep it unfairly skews selection to those with resources. You very well know kids hire CogAT tutors and it makes a difference. The last thing anyone needs is more of this gatekeeping.[/quote]

Nationally-normed exams are just that.  If it was so easy to ace spatial relationships, word relationships, etc, then kids all over the country would be making perfect scores.

But, if you think it's true, have MCPS offer a CoGAT "prep" class for all kids at MCPS and see for yourself if it matters.  If  what you're saying is true, then you should have a whole grade of perfect scores, correct?

But you know very well you can't coach a kid who can't see spatial relationships or understand word relationships overnight.  It's easier to coach MAP (which only measures a kid on grade-level materials), and that's what MCPS is doing - rewarding kids with the resources for tutoring.

Shame on you,[/quote]

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